Canada will host a Viking invasion of cool food, music, culture and fun as A Taste of Iceland returns to Toronto March 18-21, 2010. This lively, multi-day cultural program, includes a variety of public and cultural events, a live musical performance, and Icelandic culinary promotions.

Boston will host a Viking invasion of cool food, music, culture and fun as A Taste of Iceland returns to Boston March 11-16, 2010. This lively, multi-day cultural program, includes a variety of public and cultural events, a live musical performance, and Icelandic culinary promotions.

For food lovers in the know, Iceland is an up and coming culinary destination where freshness is key. The high point of the culinary year is the annual Food & Fun Festival which draws international chefs to collaborate on special restaurant menus throughout Reykjavik and to participate in a competition where the only rule is – Icelandic ingredients only!

For a full program of events: www.foodandfun.is

"Velocity"

A swath of dreamy, colored silk is the new hallmark of Icelandic artist Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson in her newly opened exhibition at the William Busta Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. As a resident of both Ohio and Iceland, Hildur paints ethereal landscapes inspired by her northern homeland, "It is the landscape I knew as a child. I need an open landscape where I can see distant mountains and rivers."